Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 7,267 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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DeFord Bailey (1899-1982)
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William Thomas Shorey (1859-1919)
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William Still (1821-1902)
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Rekia Boyd (1989-2012)

Explore Global African History

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The Windrush Generation (1948- )
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Saít Sökmen (1942– )
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Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761-1804)
Sub-Saharan African troops in Egypt in the 19th Century
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African Military Slaves in the Muslim Middle East

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Black Baseball in Minnesota: The Pipestone Black Sox
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Battle of Adwa (Adowa), 1896
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Telling Secrets, Spying Freedom: A Novel Account of Mary Bowser’s Civil War Espionage
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From Slave to Litigant: African Americans in Court in the Post-Civil War South

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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